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FRONT FORK
8. Install:• Outer tube "1"To inner tube "2".
9. Install: • Slide metal "1"
• Oil seal washer "2"To outer tube slot.
Press the slide metal into the outer
tube with fork seal driver "3".
10. Install:
• Oil seal "1"
Press the oil seal into the outer tube
with fork seal driver "2".
11. Install:• Stopper ring "1"
Fit the stopper ring correctly in the
groove in the outer tube.
12. Install:• Dust seal "1"
Apply the lithium soap base grease
on the inner tube.
13. Check:
• Inner tube smooth movementTightness/binding/rough spots →
Repeat the steps 2 to 12.
14. Compress the front fork fully.
15. Fill: • Front fork oilUntil outer tube top surface with
recommended fork oil "1".
• Be sure to use recommended
fork oil. If other oils are used,
they may have an excessively ad-
verse effect on the front fork per-
formance.
• Never allow foreign materials to enter the front fork.
16. After filling, pump the damper rod
"1" slowly up and down more than
10 times to distribute the fork oil.
17. Fill: • Front fork oil
Until outer tube top surface with
recom-mended fork oil once
more.
18. After filling, pump the outer tube "1" slowly up and down (about
200 mm (7.9 in) stroke) to distrib-
ute the fork oil once more.
Be careful not to ex cessive full stroke.
A stroke of 200 mm (7.9 in) or more
will cause air to enter. In this case, re-
peat the steps 15 to 18.
19. Wait ten minutes until the air bub-
bles have been removed from the
front fork, and the oil has dis-
pense evenly in system before
setting recommended oil level.
Fill with the fork oil up to the top end
of the outer tube, or the fork oil will not
spread over to every part of the front
forks, thus making it impossible to ob-
tain the correct level.
Be sure to fill with the fork oil up to the
top of the outer tube and bleed the
front forks.
20. Measure:• Oil level (left and right) "a" Out of specification →Adjust.
Fork seal driver:
YM-A0948/90890-01502
Fork seal driver: YM-A0948/90890-01502
Recommended oil:Suspension oil "S1"
Standard oil level:
132 mm (5.20 in)
Extent of adjustment: 95–150 mm (3.74–5.91
in)
From top of outer tube
with inner tube and
damper rod "1" fully
compressed without
spring.
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FRONT FORK
Be sure to install the spring guide "2"
when checking the oil level.
Never fail to make the oil level ad-
justment between the maximum
and minimum level and always ad-
just each front fork to the same
setting. Uneven adjustment can
cause poor handling and loss of
stability.
21. Measure: • Distance "a"
Out of specification →Turn into
the locknut.
22. Loosen: • Rebound damping adjuster "1"
• Loosen the rebound damping ad-juster finger tight.
• Record the set position of the ad- juster (the amount of turning out the
fully turned in position).
23. Install:• Push rod "1"
• Fork spring "2"
• Install the fork spring with the damper rod "3" pulled up.
• After installing the fork spring, hold
the damper rod end so that it will not
go down.
24. Install:• Spring seat "1"
• Front fork cap bolt "2"
Fully finger tighten the front fork cap
bolt onto the damper rod.
25. Tighten:• Front fork cap bolt (locknut) "1"
Hold the locknut "2" and tighten the
front fork cap bolt with specified
torque.
26. Install:
• Front fork cap bolt "1"To outer tube.
Temporarily tighten the cap bolt.
27. Install:
• Protector guide "1"
Install the protector guide with its wid-
er side "a" facing downward.
INSTALLING THE FRONT FORK
1. Install:• Front fork "1"
• Temporarily tighten the pinch bolts
(lower bracket).
• Do not tighten the pinch bolts (up- per bracket) yet.
2. Tighten:• Front fork cap bolt
3. Adjust: • Front fork top end "a"
Distance "a":
18 mm (0.71 in) or more
Between damper rod
"1" top and locknut "2"
top.
Front fork cap bolt (lock-
nut):29 Nm (2.9 m•kg, 21
ft•lb)
Front fork cap bolt: 30 Nm (3.0 m•kg, 22
ft•lb)
Front fork top end (stan-
dard) "a": 5 mm (0.20 in)
